Forwarder stocktaking management system and method

Abstract

A system for forwarder stocktaking management (17) includes a plurality of user computers, a host, a plurality of client computers and a database. The host includes a basic information maintaining module, a stocktaking information generating module, an actual inventory inputting module, a stocktaking comparing module, a forwarder difference adjusting module, a settling module, and a statement generating module. The stocktaking information generating module is for generating stocktaking information needed in stocktaking process; the actual inventory inputting module is for inputting actual inventory data; the stocktaking comparing module is for comparing with stocktaking information and actual inventory data; the difference adjusting module is for adjusting differences between stocktaking information and actual inventory data; and the settling module is for accounts settling. The database stores the items set by users and the processing results generated in stocktaking process. A related forwarder stocktaking management method is also disclosed.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a forwarder stocktaking management system and method, and particularly to a forwarder stocktaking management system and method that can take a stock in accordance with changes of inventory and settle accounts. [0003] 2. Background of the Invention [0004] Proper inventory management is vital for the financial health of manufacturing corporations, and much attention has been paid to it. From the Re-ordering Point of the 20th century to the now very popular Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), inventory management has undergone continuous research and evolved into a sophisticated field of endeavor. Stocktaking management is perhaps the most important task involved in inventory management. [0005] Together with the development of supply chain management, many manufacturing corporations maintain more than one kind of warehouses. For example, goods are stored in a co-operator's Vendor Manage...

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Benefits of technology

[0006] Accordingly, a main objective of the present invention is to provide a forwarder stocktaking management system and method which can automatically manage changes of inventory of a corporation and its co-operator, compare book stocktaking information with actual inventory data, and settle accounts.

[0010] The forwarder stocktaking system and method of the present invention may be used for transmission of needed information via computers and networks, comparing the stocktaking information with the actual inventory data and adjusting differences between the stocktaking information and the inventory data, and then settling relative accounts. Those functions of the stocktaking system make inventory management effective and timely.

Problems solved by technology

That is, goods are left with a forwarder, who is not the owner of the goods but who still bears the risk of maintaining the goods safely.

Management of inventory accounts is correspondingly complicated.

However, the system and method cannot adequately generate stocktaking information automatically.

In addition, the system and method cannot compare book stocktaking information with data on actual inventory, or settle accounts based on such comparisons.

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